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4/7/2021
Green Development preps for next phase on Iron Mine Hill Road
An aerial photograph captured this week by local drone operator Tim Forcier shows the progress on a portion of the Green Development solar farm site looking north toward Dowling Village and Smithfield Road. (Photo courtesy of Tim Forcier)
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Green Development is making progress on its 160-acre solar farm off Iron Mine Hill Road and expects to begin installing solar panels within the next two months.
Green Development Spokesperson Bill Fischer told The Valley Breeze last week that site work is now 95 percent complete on the property, which encompasses a former junkyard and wooded area between Route 146 and Greenville Road. The next step, he said, is to install racking, followed by approximately 122,000 solar panels.
3/31/2021
Rising water levels force property owner to abandon home
Michael Mongeon stands in the backyard of his property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway, where a swampy wetland has left him with few options for using the house. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem)
NORTH SMITHFIELD – When Michael Mongeon first bought the property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway in 2010, he said, the backyard was a grassy area, and the tenants who lived there liked to play badminton outside.
Since then, it’s become a swamp where cattails and other wetland vegetation have taken over the property right up to the back door.
“When I got this property, the whole backyard was grass. Now, you can’t walk out there without sinking a foot into the mud,” he said during a visit to the home last week.